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The Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Northwest

A guide to identifying the wild edible plants and medicinal plant medicines found in the Pacific Northwest region of North America: British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Northern California.

These plants are mainly founded in the coastal rainforests along the west coast in the ...more ↓

Pacific Crab Apple 1
Malus fusca
stinging nettle 2
Urtica dioica
trailing blackberry 3
Rubus ursinus
beach strawberry 4
Fragaria chiloensis
thimbleberry 5
Rubus parviflorus
Canadian buffalo-berry 6
Shepherdia canadensis
Ocean spray 7
Holodiscus discolor
Indian Plum 8
Ziziphus zizyphus
rose spiraea 9
Spiraea douglasii
whitebark raspberry 10
Rubus leucodermis
Saskatoon 11
Amelanchier alnifolia
salmonberry 12
Rubus spectabilis

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